Thoughts

1. The message and Messenger are one, the Word: John 1:1-2”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.He was in the beginning with God.”

2. The Word became flesh to bring and BE truth: John 1:14“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

3. We must take in all of Jesus not simply the message: John 6:35“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”

4. Know Christ, know truth: John 8:31-32“If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

5.Jesus did not just show the way to salvation He WAS/IS the way: John14:3 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

6. Believers are mysteriously connected to Christ: John 15:4“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.”

7. Spiritually connected: John 16:13“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.”

8. Your union with Christ is a living message to the world! John 17:23Jesus prayed for His Apostles; “ I in them and You (Father) in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.”